Zero Per Zero is graphic designers Kim Ji-hwan and Jin Sol from Seoul, South Korea. Zero Per Zero's first exhibition in the UK at the Kemistry Gallery introduces new versions of their well-known City Railway System series, including LED display panels, hand-drawn maps, paintings, and acrylic pieces.
The Gallery explains that it was 'conceived as a new approach of projecting the identity of a city onto its transport map, City Railway System maps retain the orderly graphic of their official transport maps, whilst capturing the character of each city.
Whether taking inspiration from Milton Glaser's ubiquitous 'I Love New York' logo, Hokkaido's famous powder snow or Gaudí's hand in shaping Barcelona, Zero Per Zero's award-winning revitalisation of transport maps connect the stranger to the city in a much warmer and more immediate way than before. The maps will be accompanied by work created alongside the City Railway System which served as a continuation of the studio's exploration of movement within the urban environment.
For sale during the exhibition will be A0-sized LED lightboxes, paintings, offset and gicleé prints and the maps themselves.
Image credits left to right: Tokyo railway city map; Barcelona railway city map, Zero Per Zero